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ProfessorGAC

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3. Saw Dire Straits At The Uptown

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 29, 2021, 03:45 PM

Oct 2021

Fifth or sixth row center. That place was awesome for concerts because the room sounds so good.
Not that the Chicago Theater isn't good, too. Just not as good.
Saw a few shows, including Satriani at the CT.
Also, saw one of the big hit movies there in college, (was visiting a friend at Loyola), but I forget what movie.

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